Molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus and method

ABSTRACT

A molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus and method includes a material container with an inlet and an outlet where the material to be treated is introduced at the inlet and is released at the outlet and where the material container is sized so as to provide an enclosed space into which the material expands and loses velocity. A material passageway is connected at one end to the inlet and at another end to the outlet such that the material must pass through the material passageway. And at least one pair of magnets is provided that are oriented such that material in the passageway must pass between a north pole and a south pole of the pair of magnets. In one embodiment, the at least one pair of magnets is self aligning such that the north pole and the south pole are free to move so that the north pole and the south pole are always facing each other. In another embodiment, a precipitator is connected with the material container and negatively charged material is precipitated from the material after the material has been negatively charged.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a molecular arrangement magnetic treatmentapparatus and method. In particular in accordance with one embodiment,the invention relates to a molecular arrangement magnetic treatmentapparatus including a material container with an inlet and an outletwhere the material to be treated is introduced at the inlet and isreleased at the outlet and where the material container is sized so asto provide an enclosed space into which the material expands and losesvelocity. A material passageway is connected at one end to the inlet andat another end to the outlet such that the material must pass throughthe material passageway. And at least one pair of magnets is providedthat are oriented such that material in the passageway must pass betweena north pole and a south pole of the pair of magnets.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The disposal of waste is a vexing problem involving the tension betweendisposing of one type of waste and creating an even more toxic waste inits place. By way of example only and not by limitation, the prior arttechniques for disposing of household and industrial wastes include awide variety of prior art “solutions” ranging from simply burying thewaste to attempts to change the waste from one form to another as byincineration. Burying the waste may get it out of sight and out of mindfor a time but it does not actually dispose of the waste and resultsmost often in long term health hazards caused by the leaching of wasteresidue and by products into underground water systems, for one exampleonly.

Incineration of waste material has long been a preferred waste materialtreatment since it greatly reduces the mass of waste material to behandled thereafter. Unfortunately, the end product of the prior artincineration systems is often the most toxic materials known to man,including, for example only, dioxin. This is a particularly vexingproblem for incineration systems where the waste is diverse in makeupand ranges from apple cores to mattresses to baby diapers.

Thus, there is a need in the art for an apparatus and method fortreating waste materials such that the disposal of waste reduces thewaste itself as well as prevents the creation of even more toxic wasteas an end product. It, therefor, is an object of this invention toprovide an apparatus and method for employing a non reactive moleculararrangement in treating material that is easy to use and inexpensive incomparison to the benefit derived from its use and that effectivelyreduces the treated material from a potentially toxic nightmare to aharmless and easily controlled residue.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus andmethod of the present invention includes a material container with aninlet and an outlet where material to be treated is introduced at theinlet and is released at the outlet and where the material container issized so as to provide an enclosed space into which the material expandsand loses velocity. A material passageway is connected at one end to theinlet and at another end to the outlet such that the material must passthrough the material passageway. And at least one pair of magnetsoriented such that material in the passageway must pass between a northpole and a south pole of the at least one pair of magnets.

According to another aspect of the invention, the at least one pair ofmagnets is self aligning such that the north pole and the south pole arefree to move so that the north pole and the south pole are always facingeach other. In another aspect, the at least one pair of magnets are rodshaped. According to one aspect, the material container includes amoveable lid. In another aspect, the moveable lid includes a safetyrelease cover and, in another, a dual action lift connected on one endto the material container and on another end to the moveable lid.

According to another aspect of the invention, the material containerincludes a moveable access door. In another aspect, a precipitator isconnected to the material container. In another aspect, the material tobe treated is selected from a group comprising: gas and liquid.

According to another embodiment of the invention, a moleculararrangement magnetic treatment apparatus includes a material containerwith a moveable lid and with an inlet and an outlet where material to betreated is introduced at the inlet and is released at the outlet andwhere the material container is sized so as to provide an enclosed spaceinto which the material expands and loses velocity. A materialpassageway is connected at one end to the inlet and at another end tothe outlet such that the material must pass through the materialpassageway. And, a number of pairs of magnets are provided and orientedsuch that material in the passageway must pass between a north pole anda south pole of the pairs of magnets such that the material is given anegative electrical charge and where at least one pair of the number ofpairs of magnets is self aligning such that the north pole and the southpole are free to move so that the north pole and the south pole arealways facing each other.

According to another aspect of this invention, all of the pairs ofmagnets are self aligning. In another aspect, the moveable lid includesa safety release cover. In another aspect, a dual action hydraulic armis connected on one end to the material container and on another end tothe moveable lid. In another aspect, the material container includes amoveable access door. According to a further aspect, a precipitator isconnected to the material container. In another aspect, the material isselected from a group comprising: gas, steam and liquid.

In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a moleculararrangement magnetic treatment method for treating material includes thesteps of providing a material container with a moveable lid and with aninlet and an outlet where material to be treated is introduced at theinlet and is released at the outlet and where the material container issized so as to provide an enclosed space into which the material expandsand loses velocity; connecting a material passageway at one end to theinlet and at another end to the outlet such that the material must passthrough the material passageway;

orienting a number of pairs of magnets such that material in thepassageway must pass between a north pole and a south pole of the pairsof magnets such that the material is given a negative electrical chargeand where at least one pair of the pairs of magnets is self aligningsuch that the north pole and the south pole are free to move so that thenorth pole and the south pole are always facing each other; andintroducing material to be treated into the inlet.

According to another aspect of this invention, the method includes thesteps of connecting a precipitator to the material container andprecipitating negatively charged material from the material after thematerial has been negatively charged. In another aspect, the methodincludes the step of providing a moveable access panel to the materialcontainer. In another aspect, the material to be treated is selectedfrom a group comprising: gas, steam and liquid.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention willbecome more fully apparent from the following detailed description ofthe preferred embodiment, the appended claims and the accompanyingdrawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a side partial cut away view of the magnetic treatmentapparatus according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the invention of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side partial cut away view of another embodiment of themagnetic treatment apparatus;

FIGS. 4A and 4B are enlarged views from the top and side of the selfaligning magnets and passageway of the invention; and

FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams of material passing the north andsouth poles of a pair of magnets.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated by wayof example in FIGS. 1-5. With specific reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, themolecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus and method 10according to one embodiment of the invention includes material container12 with an inlet 14 and an outlet 16. Inlet 14 and outlet 16 areattached to conduit 18 for directing material 20 into inlet 14 and awayfrom outlet 16. Importantly, relative to each other, container 12 islarge as compared to the size of inlet 14, outlet 16 and conduit 20 suchthat the interior 22 of material container 12 is a large enclosed space22 into which material 20 is directed. The result is that material 20introduced to material container 12 at inlet 14 loses velocity and slowsdown.

Arrows 24 in FIG. 1 show the direction of the flow of material 20 in theinterior 22 of material container 12. From inlet 14, material 20 isdirected into material passageway 26. Material passageway 26 isconstructed so as to maximize its overall length within the interior 22of material container 12. As a result, material passageway 26 runs upand down the interior 22 of material container 12 as illustrated.Certainly any design now known or hereafter developed for effectivelyincreasing the length of material passageway 26 is satisfactory for thepurposes of the invention.

Importantly, material passageway 26 includes at least one pair ofmagnets 28 such that each pair of magnets 28 is positioned such that thenorth pole 30 of one magnet 28 faces the south pole 32 of each magnetpair 28. The magnets 28 may be included in all or some of the materialpassageway 26 as shown in FIG. 1. According to one embodiment, manymultiple pairs of magnets 28 are positioned side by side in materialpassageway 26 and effectively fill up the entire material passageway 26.Whether or not multiple pairs of magnets 28 are used, in every caseApplicant's molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus andmethod 10 requires that all material 20 introduced at inlet 14 must passbetween the north pole 30 and the south pole 32 of at least one magnetpair 28 prior to reaching outlet 16.

Material passageway 26 may be created from barrier walls 34 and pairs ofmagnets 28 may be connected within material passageway 26 to barrierwalls 34, by way of example only and not by limitation, as illustrated.

FIGS. 1 and 2 also illustrate other features of the invention includingmoveable lid 36 and safety release cover 38. Moveable lid 36 isconformed to allow the release of material 20 from within materialcontainer 12 at another location besides outlet 16. Moveable lid 36 ispreferably very heavy and resists movement under normal operatingconditions. In the event of a sudden increase of pressure withinmaterial container 12, however, moveable lid 36 is provided to preventdamage or destruction of magnetic treatment apparatus 10. Likewise,safety release cover 38 is an explosive release cover, as known in theart, for providing an escape route for material 20 from the interior 22of material container 12 should an explosion occur. Applicant hasdetermined that the likelihood of an over pressure event is small butthat it is reasonable to provide for it rather than risk damage to theapparatus 10.

An additional feature of the moveable lid 36 includes a dual action lift40 as shown in FIG. 2. Dual action lift 40, according to one embodiment,is a hydraulic arm 42 connected on one end to material container 12 andon the other end to moveable lid 36. Hydraulic lines 44 are connected tocontroller 46 so that a user can intentionally raise and lower moveablelid 36 for maintenance, inspections or for any other purpose.Additionally, hydraulic arm 42 acts as a shock absorber should a rapidexpansion event occur. The construction and operation of hydraulic arm42 and hydraulic lines 44 are well within the ability of those ofordinary skill in the art and are not discussed more fully hereafter.

Moveable access door 48, as shown in FIG. 1, is also connected to ahydraulic arm 42 and by hydraulic lines 44 to a controller 46. Accessdoor 48 enables a user to gain access to the interior 22 of materialcontainer 12 at a location other than at moveable lid 36.

FIG. 2 also shows another feature of the invention in which firefighting devices 50 are provided in the form of CO2 lines 51 and waterlines 52. Again, in an abundance of caution Applicant's magnetictreatment apparatus 10 includes fire fighting devices 50 to hedge therisk of damage and destruction should an explosive event occur.

As used herein the term “material” includes any gas, liquid or solidmaterial. It is anticipated by the Applicant that a series of magnetictreatment apparatus 10 will be used at different locations in anincineration process so as to capture gas, such as steam or smoke forexample only, and liquids, such as results from condensed steam, forexample, and solids resulting from incineration wherever occurring in anincineration process.

Referring now to FIG. 3 another embodiment of the invention is disclosedin which a material 20 in the form of steam, for example only, isintroduced at inlet 14 to material container 12. Material container 12is partially filled with water 53 through which the steam must pass. Aprecipitator 54 is connected in the preferred form of a cathode 56 atthe bottom 58 of material container 12. Importantly, all material 20,having passed between north poles 30 and south poles 32, is negativelycharged by Applicant's molecular arrangement magnetic treatmentapparatus 10. As a result, the use of precipitator 54 in the form of acathode 56 causes all negatively charged material 20 to be collected inthe bottom 58. Thereafter, periodically, the precipitated material 20 atthe bottom 58 of the material container 12 may be removed through accessdoor 48 as needed or desired. The advantageous result is that the water53 is purified and may be safely used and reused as desired.Precipitated material 20 is likely to be a collection of heavy metalsproduced by metabolic waste processing units. Whatever precipitatedmaterial 20 is, once collected by precipitation it is capable of beingrecycled and reused.

FIG. 4A is an enlarged top view and FIG. 4B is an enlarged side view ofthe pair of magnets 28 according to a preferred embodiment of theinvention. Referring to FIG. 4A, rod shaped magnet 62 is moveablylocated in magnet holder 64. Magnet holder 64 includes a pair of spaces65 conformed to moveably receive magnet 62 and rod shaped magnet 66. Ina pair of rod shaped magnets 62 and 66, one is charged as a north pole30 and the other is charged as the south pole 32. In between rod shapedmagnets 62 and 66, magnet holder 64 includes magnet holder passageway68. When, as anticipated in most situations, more than one pair ofmagnets 28 is used, each magnet holder 64 is located next to anothermagnet holder 64 such that material passageway 26 is completely filedwith magnet holders 64 such that material 20 is forced to pass down atleast one magnet holder passageway 68 and between the north pole 30 andthe south pole 32 of at least one magnet pair 28.

Importantly, Applicant has determined that for optimum operation, themagnet pairs 28 of molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus 10must be self aligning. As the magnetic field changes from geographiclocation to geographic location and because magnetic fields oftenfluctuate within an active environment, such as for example only and notby limitation an incineration process with extreme temperatures andpressures, it is important that the magnet pairs 28 always be alignednorth to south. Rod shaped magnets 62 and 66 freely rotate within rodshaped spaces 65 in magnet holder 64. In order to ensure the selfaligning feature, a lubricant of any known type may be added such asgraphite. Rod shaped magnets 62 and 66 may be sealed within magnetholder 64 with or without lubricant in order to prevent any material 20or anything else from interfering with the smooth free movement of themagnets 62 and 66 within magnet holder 64.

Referring now to FIGS. 5A and 5B, FIG. 5A shows the flow of material 20by arrows 24 within material passageway 26. Again, all the material 20that enters inlet 14 must pass by at least one pair of magnets 28 and inparticular between a north pole 30 and a south pole 32. Material 20, asshown in FIG. 5B, may be either positively charged or negatively chargedbefore passing by magnet pair 28. But all material 20 that passes bymagnet pair 28 and north pole 30 and south pole 32 will becomenegatively charged. Importantly, the operation of Applicant's inventionensures, by manipulating the electrical potential of the material 20,that prior art dangerous emissions and chemical reactions simply can notoccur. That is, introducing material 20 to the magnetic field aligns thematerial 20 to the same direction of the magnetic field alignments. Thatis, the molecules of all the material 20 are “arranged” by Applicant'sinvention. This creates a magnetic process moment in the material 20that suspends reactivity or molecular bonding until such higher energiesare applied to the material 20 thereby keeping it from collecting orreacting and forming dangerous crystalline structures, compounds,nuclear isotopes and other dangerous and toxic compounds.

Further, the north poles 30 and south poles 32 and resultant magneticfields are automatically self aligned by the above described selfalignment system during flow of material 20 through the invention duringwhich small particles of material 20 and its mass pull on the magneticfields thereby inducing electron movement to better alignment with themagnetic field pattern. Because magnetic rods 62 and 66 are not attachedand can move freely inside the magnet holder 64 in spaces 65, the rods62 and 66 can make otherwise impossible adjustments utilizing themagnetic strengths of the applied fields and the attraction north tosouth arrangements.

Applicant has determined that the design formula for calculating thecorrect flow space between pairs of magnets 28, within magnet holderpassageway 68, is relevant to the gauss strength of the magnets 28 andthe flow rate density of material 20 introduced to the moleculararrangement magnetic treatment apparatus 10. For example only and not byway of limitation, typical exhaust gas emissions containing particulatematter not exceeding 500 parts per million cubic feet will have a designfree flow space, magnet holder passageway 68, of twice the distance ofthe diameter of a magnetic rod 28 with 2000 gauss.

By way of further explanation, this invention is a chamber device thatcan be manufactured to fit the flow and volumetric displacements of anyemissions point where combustion by products are vented, such as toexhaust stacks for example only. Some critical benefits of the inventionare that the magnetic field effect produced by magnets 28 arrangemolecular scale particles of material 20 in such a way that they becomesignificantly less reactive thereby enabling Applicant's invention tosignificantly reduce many types of harmful emissions common in wastedisposal systems such as, for example only, the crystalline structuresof dangerous dioxins.

All exhaust materials 20 (steam vapor or exhaust gas for example)normally exiting the current tens of thousands of combustion unitspowering everything from small dry cleaning operations to very largeindustrial furnace operations are suitable for use of Applicant'sinvention as disclosed herein. When utilized, the invention will reduceor completely eliminate the risk of dangerous dioxin emissions therebyassisting great new developments in assessing environmental impacts ofconstructing waste disposal technology as well as enabling theresurrection of industrial waste to energy projects that have beenchallenged as being environmentally unsafe. In short, Applicant'sinvention represents a powerful pollution reduction device for use bystate and other environmental regulators worldwide. The need for thetechnology embodied by Applicant's has been sought by the EPA and theDepartment of Energy for decades and will help facilitate acceptableenvironmental solutions worldwide.

The best and most simple way to understand how the invention works andits concepts of how it affects particles or emission materials 20 is tokey on one of the latest buzz words of new science “nano technology”.Applicant's invention repositions tiny particles by reacting theirelectrons electrical state or its electrical position. In magnetism itis understandable that the fields of a same charge repel away from eachother. Therefore, in this device the materials are directed throughstrong magnetic fields that induce a current upon particles 20 of adifferent electrical potential. The effect on the electron is likeflipping over a tiny magnet so that its magnetic poles are aligned allin the same direction. By such molecular arrangement the apparatus 10 isable to prevent many chemical reactions that produce dangerous chemicalcompounds from ever occurring, as normally very reactive conditions arepresent during and directly after combustion. However, this inventionintroduces an environmental protective measure beyond filtration orscrubbing technologies. The Applicant realizes this is a multi-billiondollar solution to changing the waste industry and its variousindustrializations in converting waste to energy.

The description of the present embodiments of the invention has beenpresented for purposes of illustration, but is not intended to beexhaustive or to limit the invention to the form disclosed. Manymodifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skillin the art. For example, the apparatus may be used in series orseparately. It can accommodate essentially any flowing material and isnot limited to treating any particular type of material or waste. Assuch, while the present invention has been disclosed in connection withan embodiment thereof, it should be understood that other embodimentsmay fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by thefollowing claims.

1. A molecular arrangement magnetic treatment apparatus comprising: a. amaterial container with an inlet and an outlet, wherein material to betreated is introduced at said inlet and is released at said outlet andwherein said material container is sized so as to provide an enclosedspace into which said material expands and loses velocity and throughwhich said material passes; b. a material passageway provided withinsaid enclosed space, wherein said material passageway extends betweensaid inlet and said outlet in a manner such that said material must passthrough said material passageway; and c. at least one pair of rod-shapedmagnets disposed within said enclosed space, wherein said at least onepair of rod-shaped magnets is oriented such that said material in saidpassageway must pass between magnetic poles at opposing end portions ofsaid at least one pair of rod shaped magnets and such that, as saidmaterial passes between said magnetic poles at said opposing endportions of said at least one pair of rod-shaped magnets, said materialin the material passageway passes through a magnetic field effectproduced by said at least one pair of rod-shaped magnets and whereinsaid at least one pair of rod-shaped magnets are disposed within saidenclosed space in a manner allowing said at least one pair of rod-shapedmagnets to move independent of each other such that the magnetic fieldeffect dictates relative positioning of said at least one pairrod-shaped magnets for causing said at least one pair of rod-shapedmagnets to be self-aligning with respect to each other.
 2. The apparatusof claim 1, further comprising: d. at least one magnet holder disposedwithin the material passageway, wherein said at least one pair ofrod-shaped magnets are sealed within respective spaced-apart magnetreceiving spaces of said at least one magnet holder, wherein said atleast one magnet holder includes a magnet holder passageway positionedbetween said pair of spaced apart magnet receiving spaces, wherein saidat least one magnet holder is disposed within the material passageway ina manner whereby all of said material is forced to flow through themagnet holder passageway of said at least one magnet holder at at leastone region along the material passageway, wherein a first one of said atleast one pair of rod-shaped magnets is disposed within a first one ofsaid spaced apart magnet receiving spaces in a manner allowing the firstone of said at least one pair of rod-shaped magnets to move therein anda second one of said at least one pair of rod-shaped magnets is disposedwithin a second one of said spaced apart magnet receiving spaces in amanner allowing the second one of said at least one pair of rod-shapedmagnets to move therein such that material in the material passagewaypasses through a magnetic field effect produced by said at least onepair of magnets as said material flows through the magnet holderpassageway of said at least one magnet holder.
 3. The apparatus of claim1 wherein said at least one pair of rod-shaped magnets is oriented suchthat said at least one pair rod-shaped magnets extend longitudinallyalong at least a portion of a length of the material passageway.
 4. Theapparatus of claim 1 wherein said material container includes a moveablelid.
 5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said moveable lid includes asafety release cover.
 6. The apparatus of claim 4 further including adual action lift connected on one end to said material container and onanother end to said moveable lid.
 7. The apparatus of claim 1 whereinsaid material container includes a moveable access door.
 8. Theapparatus of claim 1 further including a precipitator connected to saidmaterial container.
 9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said material isselected from a group consisting of: gas and liquid.
 10. A moleculararrangement magnetic treatment apparatus comprising: a. a materialcontainer with a moveable lid and with an inlet and an outlet, whereinmaterial to be treated is introduced at said inlet and is released atsaid outlet and wherein said material container is sized so as toprovide an enclosed space into which said material expands and losesvelocity and through which said material passes; b. a materialpassageway provided within said enclosed space, wherein said materialpassageway extends between said inlet and said outlet in a manner suchthat said material must pass through said material passageway; and c. aplurality of pairs of rod-shaped magnets disposed within said enclosedspace, wherein said plurality of rod-shaped magnets are oriented suchthat material in said material passageway must pass between magneticpoles at opposing end portions of said plurality of pairs of rod-shapedmagnets such that said material is given a negative electrical chargeand such that, as said material passes between said magnetic poles atsaid opposing end portions of said plurality of pairs of rod-shapedmagnets, said material in the material passageway passes through amagnetic field effect produced by said plurality of rod-shaped magnets,wherein adjacent pairs of said plurality of rod-shaped magnets areoriented such that a north pole of a first magnet of an adjacent pair ofmagnets is adjacent a south pole of a second magnet of the adjacent pairof magnets and a south pole of the first magnet is adjacent a north poleof the second magnet, wherein said poles of the first magnet provide afirst resultant magnetic field and said poles of the second magnetprovide a second resultant magnetic field, wherein said first and secondresultant magnetic fields jointly define at least a portion of themagnetic field effect and wherein said plurality of rod-shaped magnetsare each movably disposed within said enclosed space in a mannerallowing said plurality of rod-shaped magnets to move independent ofeach other such that the magnetic field effect provided by adjacent onesof said plurality of rod-shaped magnets dictates relative positioning ofsaid adjacent ones of said plurality of rod-shaped magnets for causingsaid adjacent ones of said plurality of rod-shaped magnets to beself-aligning with respect to each other.
 11. The apparatus of claim 10,further comprising: a magnet holding structure disposed within thematerial passageway, wherein the magnet holding structure includes aplurality of spaced-apart magnet receiving spaces and a plurality ofmagnet holder passageways, wherein each one of said magnet holderpassageways is positioned between an adjacent pair of said magnetreceiving spaces and wherein the magnet holding structure is disposedwithin the material passageway in a manner whereby all of said materialis forced to flow through at least one of said magnet holder passagewaysat at least one region along the material passageway, wherein each oneof said magnets is disposed within a respective one of said magnetreceiving spaces and wherein all of said plurality of pairs of magnetsare are oriented such that said at least one pair rod-shaped magnetsextend longitudinally along at least a portion of a length of thematerial passageway.
 12. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said moveablelid includes a safety release cover.
 13. The apparatus of claim 10further including a dual action hydraulic arm connected on one end tosaid material container and on another end to said moveable lid.
 14. Theapparatus of claim 10 wherein said material container includes amoveable access door.
 15. The apparatus of claim 10 further including aprecipitator connected to said material container.
 16. The apparatus ofclaim 10 wherein said material is selected from a group consisting of:gas, steam and liquid.
 17. A molecular arrangement magnetic treatmentmethod for treating material, the method comprising: a. providing amaterial container with a moveable lid and with an inlet and an outlet,wherein material to be treated is introduced at said inlet and isreleased at said outlet and wherein said material container is sized soas to provide an enclosed space into which said material expands andloses velocity and through which said material passes; b. providing amaterial passageway within said enclosed space, wherein said materialpassageway extends between said inlet and said outlet in a manner suchthat said material must pass through said material passageway; c.orienting a plurality of pairs of rod-shaped magnets within saidenclosed space, wherein said plurality of rod-shaped magnets areoriented such that material in said material passageway must passbetween magnetic poles at opposing end portions of said plurality ofpairs of rod-shaped magnets such that said material is given a negativeelectrical charge and such that, as said material passes between saidmagnetic poles at said opposing end portions of said plurality of pairsof rod-shaped magnets, said material in the material passageway passesthrough a magnetic field effect produced by said plurality of rod-shapedmagnets, wherein adjacent pairs of said plurality of rod-shaped magnetsare oriented such that a north pole of a first magnet of an adjacentpair of magnets is adjacent a south pole of a second magnet of theadjacent pair of magnets and a south pole of the first magnet isadjacent a north pole of the second magnet, wherein said poles of thefirst magnet provide a first resultant magnetic field and said poles ofthe second magnet provide a second resultant magnetic field, whereinsaid first and second resultant magnetic fields jointly define at leasta portion of the magnetic field effect and wherein said plurality ofrod-shaped magnets are each movably disposed within said enclosed spacein a manner allowing said plurality of rod-shaped magnets to moveindependent of each other such that the magnetic field effect providedby adjacent ones of said plurality of rod-shaped magnets dictatesrelative positioning of said adjacent ones of said plurality ofrod-shaped magnets for causing said adjacent ones of said plurality ofrod-shaped magnets to be self-aligning with respect to each other; andd. introducing material to be treated into said inlet.
 18. The method ofclaim 17 further comprising the steps of: a. connecting a precipitatorto said material container; and b. precipitating negatively chargedmaterial from said material after said material has been negativelycharged.
 19. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step ofproviding a moveable access panel to said material container.
 20. Themethod of claim 17 wherein said material to be treated is selected froma group consisting of: gas, steam and liquid.